Excessive risk taking during adolescence is caused, at least in part, by the fact that the _____________ is not fully developed
A) prefrontal cortex
B) amygdala
C) hippocampus
D) medial temporal lobe
Answer: A
Rationale: In recent years, psychologists and neuroscientists have implicated ongoing changes in the prefrontal cortex as the basis of some of the behavioral issues that are especially likely to occur during adolescence.
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